Abstract
The first part of the book is dedicated to the prosopographic reconstruction
of the kinship group, and to the political context and relationships in
which the members, both men and women, operated from the second
half of the ninth century to the beginning of the twelfth. The first chapter
examines the first century of the Hucpoldings in Italy. Fundamentally, it
suggests that the criteria for the inclusion into the ranks of Carolingian
elite in the Italian kingdom were a relationship with the royal power and
the attainment of public offices in different areas of the kingdom, such
as in the palace of the capital Pavia, eastern Emilia, the duchy of Spoleto
or the marchese of Tuscany.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press